Daniel, Lisa Glaze, Matt Horohoe, Robby Pigott and John Telfer take the stage for "Island Time" - some of the old

set-ups used at the late, lamented Comedy Warehouse (once located at Disney's Pleasure Island, Florida).

2009:

Disney launches the Toy Story Mania! Wii game - the first video game to be based on

a Disney theme park ride.

1969:

NBC-TV airs part 1 of the The Wonderful World of Disney episode My Dog, The Thief.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to IllumiNations 25 - a celebration of the magic that

you, our 25th Anniversary Guests of Honor, have brought to Walt Disney World for 25 magical years. Join

us now as the countries of World Showcase welcome all of you to our worldwide family."

"Even at the time of my introduction to the project in March (1955), there were no buildings started in

Tomorrowland, just one in Frontierland, and only parts of the Main Street section and the Castle were in evidence." -Ruth Shellhorn

September 21 is International Day of Peace ...

... also unofficially known as World Peace Day

2012:

Thousands gather at the Disneyland Resort to witness the historic flyover of the

Space Shuttle Endeavour as it makes its final flight toward its new home in

Southern California. Over the last three days, Endeavour made its way from Kennedy Space Center

in Florida to Los Angeles, bolted to the top of a modified Boeing 747. Walt Disney World guests had caught

a glimpse of the retired space shuttle over the Florida skies on September 19.

September 21

"I called up Walt Disney and asked him if I could come over there for a while. He said,

‘Sure, come on over.’ I was there for four months." -animator Chuck Jones

1943:

Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer, a film and television producer, is born in Detroit,

Michigan. Regarded in the industry as one of the most successful movie producers of all time, his Touchstone

and Disney credits include Remember the Titans, Coyote Ugly, Armageddon, the Pirates of the Caribbean series,

the National Treasure franchise, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Little Rock philanthropist Jennings Osborne, whose losing battle with neighbors over his 3.2 million-light Christmas display reached the nation's highest court, is born in Arkansas What started as a relatively modest display in 1986 grew to 3.2 million lights in 1993. Arkansas' highest court declared the display a nuisance and ordered Osborne to take the lights down. Undaunted, Osborne strung his lights in Little Rock's downtown River Market District and in dozens of other Arkansas cities. He went on to provide light displays for Walt Disney World and Graceland. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights lit up Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida starting in 1995. Initially constructed as a gift for his six-year-old daughter, the display became one of the most popular attractions during the park's holiday season.

2014:

Season 2 of Disney Channel's comedy series Liv and Maddie debuts with the

episode "Premiere-a-Rooney."

1949:

Irene Mecchi, a writer for television, movies, newspapers, and Broadway,

is born in San Francisco, California. She began working for Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short film which later won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. She is also the

co-screenwriter of such Disney animated movies as The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Fantasia 2000. (Mecchi is the co-writer of the 2018 blockbuster remake of A Star is Born.)

2011:

Season 3 of the ABC-TV sitcom Modern Family kicks off with the episode "Dude Ranch."

2016:

Season 8 of the ABC-TV sitcom Modern Family kicks off with the episode